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Hunt, Jno L. "Music Prints and Manuscripts Given to the Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University by Charles J. Rosenbloom." Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 33, no. 3 (March 1977): 553-562.

Bach, J.S.

48 Preludes et Fugues pour le forte-piano. Paris: aux adresses ordinaires. Bonn, Ches l'editeur N. Simrock [1800].
2 parts in 1 volume (plate marks 166 & 138). First edition. Binding: half red levant morocco by Birdsall.
[SPEC-FT1-4 786.2187 B11W SI]

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Sonata per il piano-forte ed un violino obligato, scritta in uno stile molto concertante, quasi come d'un concerto...Opera 47. A Bonn, Chez N. Simrock. A Paris chez H. Simrock. ...[1805].
Engraved throughout. First edition. With part: Violino obligato (12 pp.). Contemporary marbled wrappers, with yellow label on which title is inscribed in Gothic script.
[SPEC-FT1-4 787.2 B41S OP. 47 No. 9 1805]

Sonate für Piano-forte und Violin. Sr. Kaiserl. Hoheit dem durchlauchtingsten Prinzen Rudolph Erzherzog von Oesterreich...in tiefer Ehrfurcht zugeeignet...96tes Werk. Wien, bei S. A. Steiner und comp. [1816].
Engraved throughout. Uncut. First edition. No. 2581. In sky blue linen portfolio.
[SPEC-F7-4 787.2 B41S OP. 96 No. 10 1816]

33 veränderungen über einen Walzer für des piano forte. 120tes Werk. Wien, bey Cappi u. Diabelli; Leipzig, C.F. Peters [1823].
Plate mark C et D. No. 1380. First edition. Marbled wrappers.
[SPEC-F7-4 786.21825 B41V 1823]

Grand sonate pour le pianoforte [in C major], op. 53. Vienna: Bureau des arts et d'industrie [1805].
Plate mark 449. First edition.
[SPEC-F7-4 786.2183 B41S OP.53 1805]

Sonata quasi una fantasia per il clavicembalo o pianoforte, op. 27, no. 2. Vienna, G. Cappi [1802].
Plate mark 879. First edition. Binding: blue panelled levant morocco by Birdsall.
[SPEC-F7-4 784.183 B414]

Sinfonie pour 2 violins, 2 viols, violoncello et contreviolon, 2 flutes, petite flute, 2 hautbois, 2 clarinettes, 2 bassons, contre-basson, 2 cors, 2 trompettes, timbales et 3 trompes...No. 5 des sinfonies. Leipsic, Breitkopf & Härtel [1809].
Plate mark 1329. Second edition. Binding: half crimson levant morocco by Birdsall. 22 parts bound as one.
[SPEC-F7-4 784.2 B41S5 1809]

Sinfonie pastorale...Oeuvre 68. No. 6 des sinfonies. Leipsic, Breitkopf & Härtel [1809].
Plate mark 1337. First edition. Presentation inscription title-page by A. Schindler, an intimate friend of Beethoven. Binding: half green levant morocco by Birdsall. 19 parts bound as one.
[SPEC-FBQ-4 784.2 B41S6 1809]

De Falla, Manuel

El sombrero de tres picos. Le tricorne. The three-cornered hat. Ballet de G. Martinez Sierra. Piano score. London: J. & W. Chester, Ltds., 1921.
Plate mark J. & W. C. 9710. First edition. Piano score.
Original wrappers designed by Ethelbert White.
Laid in: La fille aux cheveux de lin; extrait des Preludes de Claude Debussy (violin & piano). Durand & Cie, 1912. Paris, 4, Place de la Madeleine. Plate Mark D. & F. 8478
[SPEC-F7-4 785.8 F19S3 C]

Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio

Manuscript (autograph album) of two pieces. The first is "Mi lagnerò tacendo della mia sorte amara" for piano forte and voice in the key of D major. Signed by Rossini, Bordeaux 14 Mai 1832. The other manuscript is music for the harp in E-flat major. Signed by Rossini. Oblong.
[SPEC-FT1-4 783.4 R83M]

Schönberg, Arnold

Gurre-lieder von Jens Peter Jacobsen (Deutsch von Robert Franz Arnold) für soli, chor und orchester. Klavierauszug von Alban Berg. Wien, Universal-Edition, 1912.
Autographed by Schönberg.
[SPEC-F7-4 782.48 S365G UE]

Schubert, Franz

Die Abgeblühte Linde, Der Flug der Zeit...Der Tod und das Madchen. 7tes Werk. Wien in comission bey Cappi und Diabelli [1821].
Plate mark C. et D. 855. Cloth portfolio. Composer's control no. and initials on back. Signature of Marie Sonnleithner of the famous Viennese musical family.
[SPEC-FT1-4 783.4 S38S 1821]

Schwanengesang, in Musik gesetzt für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. 2 parts in 1 volume. Wien, Tobias Haslinger [1829].
Plate marks T.H. 5370-5384, consecutive. First edition. Contemporary marbled boards. "Prenumberation" issue on special paper.
[SPEC-FT1-4 783.0947 S38SC 1829] -

Der Wanderer...Morgenlied...Wandrers Nachtlied für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des piano-forte. 4tes Werk. Wien, in comission bey Cappi und Diabelli [1821].
Plate mark 773. With Schubert's control no. (78) and initials on the back. Cloth portfolio.
[SPEC-FT1-4 783.3 S38W 1822]

Winterreise von Wilhelm Müller. In Musik gesetzt für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte von Franz Schubert. 89tes Werk. I-II Abt. Wien, Tobias Haslinger [n.d.].
Plate marks 5101-5124. Binding: half red morocco and cloth.
[SPEC-F7-4 783.0947 S38W 1828]

Wagner, Richard

Götterdämmerung. Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Karl Klindworth. Mainz, Schott [1875].
Plate mark 21500. First edition of the piano-vocal score. Original printed wrappers with cloth back. Printed some ten months prior to the full orchestral score.
[SPEC-F7-4 782.1026 W134RIG 1875]

Lohengrin. Romantische Oper in drei Akten. Partitur. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [1852].
Lithographed. Presentation edition. Original printed boards, cloth back. Autograph inscription on title-page to Robert Franz. 1 of 6 copies.
[SPEC-FBQ-4 782.1 W132 BRH]

Lohengrin. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [n.d.]
Price: 20 Thaler. Second trade edition (?). Binding: Half brown morocco.
[SPEC-F8-4 782.1026 W13L]

Tristan und Isolde. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [1859].
Original libretto, first edition. Bound in marbled paper over boards and one half green moroccan; spine stamped in gold; t.e.g. Inscribed by Minna Wagner, Wagner's first wife, on half-title.
[SPEC-FT1-4 782.10268 W134TR 1859]

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